life in southern goa...

is full to the brim with adventures. oh no it just not all just fun and games while swimming at the beach.  there are motorcycle rides to be had.

 and hair dressers to visit to get that perfect look.

 there are piles upon piles of chillies to contemplate eating.

 and lots of strawberries, every morning, delivered to your breakfast table!

 but you cannot forget about the ice creams.  oh yes, one does enjoy their ice cream here, on the beach, at sunset, just about any time and any place,  just ask zoe and eijla.

and the new one this year, how many more days until mom can´t squeeze her belly through the door!

time for a little education

today we sent the girlies off to to school and kindergarten.  they were pretty excited.  new friends, new adventures.

eijla was very excited that she got to play with chloe all day and not just in the evenings at the beach!

relaxing...

so now it is the last days of freedom before we send zoe to school and eijla to dagis.  so we are just soaking it up. 

 zoe and i got ourselves some beach pedicures...

 thomas and eijla kept themselves busy too...

 zoe and lorn are nearly inseparable.  she was pretty excited to make such a great friend on the beach.  school starts on monday!

farmor and farfars last days on the beach

all good things must come to an end, including farmor and farfar´s vacation.  however we had the most fun we could in those last days.  lots of laying around, eating good food, swimming, and relaxing.  not a bad way to spend your days.

eijla seemed to think that licking zoe´s face tasted better that drinking their coke.

 and of course dinner that last night was crab, which satay had the guys fix up super yummy for two of his favorite customers.

 thanks for another great trip farmor and farfar.  looking forward to another one next year!  safe travels!

goan adventures with farmor and farfar

while farmor and farfar visit we make sure to do hit all the fun activities nearby, including the anjuna market, where  you can buy almost anything...

 and the local chaudi market, with their yummy and oh so cheap vegies.  zoe loaded up on her beloved snack, peas.

 and a visit to the nature reserve and butterfly park.  see, we did not spend all day, everyday at the beach!  :-)

life at the beach

the days slip easily away into weeks when things are this good.  get up in the morning, put on your swimsuit, maybe go for a swim or a walk.  throw yourself down in the restaurant and wait for some yummy food.  perhaps some snuggles while you wait.

 then maybe a swim again, then soon it is time for farmor and farfar to take all the kids for ice cream.  yum.

 then again you can pass the time taking silly selfies with some strange hot guy on the beach.

 showering off the saltwater after some morning fun in the sun. perhaps your showering facilities are not quite what they are at home,  but that doesn´t really detract from the experience.

 then it is time once again to chill in the restaurant and await your lunch.

 there are tons of creative outlets, including building a small fairy town in front of a nearby bungalow.

 then maybe some exercise with living weights before it is time to enjoy a tasty dinner once again on the beach.  really, one cannot complain.

games and education, on the beach...

life doesn´t stop just cuz you are in paradise.  zoe has been really good about keeping up with her school work while we are here.

 

even thomas has gotten in the mood and is reading.  that only seems to happen in india (when else would one have the time?)

 

and what is an evening on the beach with good food and sand between your toes without a friendly game of uno.  i think zoe and farmor are cheating cuz they keep winning!  zoe and eijla have decided they want to name the baby uno.  not so sure about that one.

love that there is a fireworks celebration nearly everynight. it is fun just to celebrate nothing but the fact that we are alive and life is good.

Off to india!

off on a new adventure.  this time a lazy month in the south of goa!  farmor and farfar hanger med för ett par veckor med!

well behaved children on our long flights!  we were lucky today! 

last days of goa...

our last days in goa are winding down.  it is just relaxing on the beach, eating yummy food while listening to the waves and splashing in the sea with the girls.   not a bad way to end our time here. the only problem we have at the moment is ants, lots and lots of ants, there is an ant kingdom just outside our bungalow.  but really,  when living in paradise you sometimes have to have some kind of problem to remind you just how good you have it.  poor little eijla, they ate her alive so she had to sit with her feet a bucket to stop the itching.  this is nearly a daily sight with us.  damn you ants, don't you know we are in paradise?  :).

 so this is our daily view.  chillin' out on cushions waiting for our delicious food and enjoying the sounds of the waves.  if the girls get too wound up and disturb the tranquility we just let them watch a movie on the itouch.  yeah,  man, we have it rough.

 and then as we tend to do,  it was haircut time,  rather pay 12 crowns in india for a haircut than 150 when we come home!  this lovely little lady was our hairdresser during our stay in goa,  she had never cut short hair on a girl before, so we had to talk her through it but it turned out pretty good,  but it is a good thing my hair is not staight!  there is about two centimeter difference between the sides! 

and here we have our peaceful abode we have spent the last three weeks of relaxation.  incredible cozy and besides having ants as neighbors it has been perfect.  gonna miss it, but tomorrow we are off to dehli and then the taj mahal, finally.

anjuna market

yesterday we finally made it off of the beach and did a day trip to the anjuna wednesday market.  the first things the girls did when they hopped in the car was discover the seatbelts, an unusual sight in the backseat of most cars here.  so sweet that they wanted to put them on. made me sooo happy. but that last all of 10 minutes. then it was screaming and wailing until they were removed.  going to be fun when we get back to sweden and strap them into their carseats.  maybe we will have to start wearing head phones in the car!

the market was pretty big, and there was lots of things to look at.  zoe and eijla love the sparkles and glitter that seem to be found on nearly everything here.

the market went all the way down to the beach.  so we took a peak, but it was  nothing compared to the lovely beach we have here back at patnem, though zoe was pretty excited to have waves crash up on the rocks and spray her. eijla was not quite as excited.

then it was back up into the stalls of color and pushy sellers.  we headed up just as a cow apparently had had enough and was heading out.  zoe and thomas gave it the right of way... good idea.

we managed to find a few small things, but the big find of the day for the girls was definitely these two small "fairy wands" somebody in the tibetan market gave the girls.  they are most likely those sticks you can stick in your bun to make it stay, but they looked just liked magic wands to the girls, so that is what they are.

anyway, it was a fun little day trip, but it made us realize even more how great we have it on our little beach in southern goa.  gonna miss this place. cannot believe we are going to be back in sweden in two weeks!

chillaxin´ in paradise

well, we have been really, really busy doing nothing. that is right just relaxing and lovin´ it!  we found a really cozy little hut near the beach with billowing wall hangings (when there is a breeze), princess nets (against the mosquitos), and a lovely porch with a swing, and the bonus of way too many ants. 

we have been swimming and just hanging out.  here is a view of our little home from the beach, we live behind the restaraunt namaste. 

it has become a little tradition with thomas and the girls to get an ice cream and go down to the beach and watch the sunset.  sometimes even i get to come along.  the girls go crazy from the sugar rush and get covered in sand, but have a blast.

when we are not swimming or rolling around in the sand, it is drawing and writing. the girls have been filling up books with their artistry.  but it is so sweet to see them drawing together.